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REIN HOLDER;

'Patnted June 14, 1887. v

UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. HENRY, OF BEVERLY, NEW JERSEY.

REIN-HOLDIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,718, dated June 14, 1887.

Application filed November 6,1886. Serial No. 2l9,l50. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. HENRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beverly,

- in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rein-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and'use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 of the drawings is an elevation showing my invention applied to the dashboard of a vehicle. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the rein-holder in side elevation, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section.

In the drawings, Arepresents a dash-board, and B the rein-holder.

bis a flat-bottomed body, having at one end.

. tightly to the body b.

The body I) and spring D are held to "the dash by means of the two screws or rivetsE F.

I am aware of the rein-holders described in Patents Nos. 83,150 and 305,016 3 but mine is so constructed as to be less liable to get out of order, and the steel spring D is so arranged between the flanges b b and with its end under the tail of the clamp-lever G that it is not liable to get broken. The body is made, preferably, of malleable iron, and, with the spring, may beput on with only two screws to any part of the dash. An oval burr may be put on the outside of the dash to receive the screws which hold it in place.

I am aware that it is not broadly new in rein-holders to use a fixed plate and a springclamp of some kind; also, that it is not new to use a lever which clamps the reins with one end and is upheld by a spiral spring under the other end; also, that it is old to use two springs on the fixed plate at the top and a recessed arm; also, that a box, slide-plate, fast plate, and detachable side piece with a spiral spring have been used; but

What I do claim as new, and desire to pro tect by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, a rein-holder composed of a base-plate having integral parallel flanges, a lever fulcrumed between said flanges, and a plate-spring rearfastened and supporting at the front the tail end of said lever, as shown and described.

' In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. HENRY.

Witnesses:

J. HERBERT HENRY, EMILY V. STREET. 

